Stripes and toes are done in "Snow Sparkle". A white yarn with twinkly silver metallic threads. By I Love This Yarn. Also soft acrylic.

Uppers and tongues are done in "Emerald Starlette Sparkle"

7 eyelets for shoelaces. Finished with twinkly emerald green shoelaces! Beautiful green layered fabric dragonfly appliques! I use a strong washable fabric glue for the appliques and they will not come off during washing. I recommend hand washing. These will not shrink at all. These are ready to ship and I always ship same day. They will come wrapped in a pretty tissue paper with a tennis shoe sticker! Ready for gift giving! I can also make any of my slippers "non-slip"...just leave me a note at check out! I also include a Downy Unstoppable sachet in a cute little mesh bag as a thank-you gift. If you are allergic to fragrances leave me a note and I can omit it. I always offer free shipping too! Thanks for stopping by, Trudi

StumbleUpon is one of the hidden gems of Web 2.0. It’s this weird, funky, strange little website that most of us have no idea what to do with. On the surface, it could even seem like a phenomenal waste of time: Clicking a button to “stumble” around the web for interesting Internet icons. It’s like the online equivalent of the Magic 8 Ball. Like Forrest Gump said, “You nevah know what’chou gonna get!”

Why StumbleUpon?

I use StumbleUpon (SU) because it increases my blog traffic. Bottom line. It has become the single biggest traffic-driver for this blog in the short week that I’ve been using it. It’s passed Facebook, referral sites and yes, even my beloved Twitter. Those are results you can’t argue with!

Next, we’re going to head over to su.pr, StumbleUpon’s native URL shortener. This little puppy is going to make your blog traffic sing. It’s where “the magic happens,” as they say.

At this point, you should be logged into StumbleUpon. You need an SU account to use su.pr, so make sure you do the above part first. Depending on what your browser is like, su.pr may ask you to sign in again. If that happens, just hit the login button and you’ll be good. It seems like SU and su.pr don’t talk to each other very well on the login side, so you may have to try a few times.

As you can see, I’ve already imported my Twitter and Facebook accounts. If this is your first time using SU, you’ll need to pull in the accounts you want to use.

You're building an RSS robot version of yourself.

Step 3: Tweak Your Settings

Self-explanatory. Find the initial rhythm that works for you.

Tweak ... but don't *tweak*, ifyouknowwhatimsayin.

Step 4: Track and Monitor

To find a time that works, just keep tweaking the frequency settings and you’ll find a process that drives traffic like whoa! You’ll likely have some hiccups along the way, but soon you’ll find the flow to maximize traffic. Su.pr provides you with extremely helpful data to help you schedule your posts at the right times.

Thank you, su.pr, for thinking for me.

There’s also a WordPress plugin that you can use, though I’ve had mixed results with it. You’re better off just following the advice in this post and using the RSS feed feature.

UPDATE: Some readers are reporting that the su.pr settings page stops after promoted websites. If that’s the problem you’re running into, you’re not crazy. I found this in the back alley of the su.pr forum boards:

As you can see, this is from two (two!) years ago. The RSS feature is only open to a portion of users, according to Admin George. I should have mentioned that I’ve had an active su.pr account since 2009. That sneakers shoes Listing 8 Womens slippers sneaker dragonfly dragonfly slippers Crocheted 360 tennis green shoes slippers 10 tennis crocheted could be the reason why I have the RSS feature enabled and some of you do not.